LIFE Vampires
LIFE Vampires
Our Long Fascination with Vampires • For many centuries and across the globe, there’s been an undying attraction.
How Vampire Bats Live and Thrive • Winged mammals with a very special diet.
The Book of Dracula and Beyond • Bram Stoker delivered a terrifying tale for all time.
HOW TO REPEL A VAMPIRE
The Greatest Vampire of All • Bela Lugosi brought Dracula to life, and to immortality.
Celluloid Sensations • No one has done more for vampire lore than Bram Stoker and Bela Lugosi. Were there a Vampire Cave of Fame, they’d be the charter members. Many others, though, would also deserve a spot for their memorable potrayals of the vampiric. Others might be better off forgotten.
FORGETTABLE TURNS IN VAMPIRISM
The True Blood of Charlaine Harris • A Q&A with the author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries—the books that spawned the HBO series True Blood.
Some Friendly Forebears • A cool ghoul from Philadelphia, a Goth-garbed “Vampira,” and others in a similar campy vein pioneered the lighter side of vampirism.
BITING WIT
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